Example sentences of "cost [prep] around [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chesney , also managing director of Meiko Ltd 's UK research and development operation in Bristol , says the placing aims to raise a ‘ significant ’ amount of funds to help finance the project to build a TeraFLOPS-peak massively parallel machine due for shipment next year , for a cost of around $50m . |
| 2 | It was agreed to purchase a new machine at the cost of around £185 plus V.A.T. It was considered advisable to engage a regular ‘ caller ’ who would be paid for his services . |
| 3 | Jacob Rothschild , Chairman of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and former Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery , has personally financed the construction of the new Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem , at a cost of around £40 million . |
| 4 | The annual Tea Meeting on 12 January 1886 involved buying tea at 2/6 per pound ( about 13p ) , sugar at 2d per pound ( about 1p ) and 15 pounds of sweets at 5d per pound ( a total cost of around 32p ) . |
| 5 | Now , at a cost of around $7 million , he has , and the dilapidated eight-storey warehouse has become the Tribeca Film Centre , a tailor-made prestige base for De Niro 's company , and other East Coast film types : Brian De Palma has offices there , as do Miramax , the independent company that produced sex , lies and videotape . |
| 6 | But Philip stated that Hanna Instruments make the only available Phosphate test kit in the Uk , at a cost of around £20 . |
| 7 | The court , not expected to be in operation before September , would include 11 judges with a staff of 373 at a cost of around £20 million during its first year of operation . |
| 8 | The firm negotiated a 25-year lease on the new premises at a cost of around £200,000 a year ( including rates and service charge ) and in August 1990 , the newly merged Isle of Wight practice moved in . |
| 9 | Scottish company Reid Marinas are to design , build and install the marina , which will have ten smaller finger pontoons , at a cost of around £200,000 . |
| 10 | The Bureaux , which has more than 300 staff , mostly volunteers , is to computerise all its local offices at a cost of around £200,000 . |
| 11 | With a hardware cost of around £35,000 for a single workstation and a film recorder the majority of the potential users were quite happy to employ a bureau rather than do it all themselves . |
| 12 | Pure Wool Aran will retail at a cost of around £2.24 per 100 gram ball . |
| 13 | Computers like these are disappearing at a cost of around £40,000 a year . |